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Brad Beeler

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Special Agent US Secret Service (Retired) / Army CID / Author / Speaker

Brad Beeler is a retired United States Secret Service Special Agent, author, and speaker with 25 years of experience in federal investigations, protective operations, credibility assessment, and investigative interviewing. Throughout his distinguished career, Brad became one of the agency’s most experienced and decorated polygraph examiners. He also served on the Bush Protective Division and later trained federal law enforcement and intelligence personnel as an instructor at the National Center of Credibility Assessment.

Brad has lectured at regional, national, and international conferences on topics including investigative interviewing, elicitation techniques, child exploitation investigations, and human behavior. His work earned multiple honors from the United States Secret Service, including the Forensic Hero Award, the Director’s Meritorious Service Award, and recognition as Special Agent of the Year.

He is also the author of the book Tell Me Everything: A Secret Service Agent’s Proven Strategies for Earning Trust, Revealing the Truth, and Communicating with Anyone, which draws from decades of real-world experience conducting interviews, interrogations, and high-stakes conversations.

Today, Brad speaks to organizations, conferences, law enforcement groups, and leadership audiences about communication, trust, human behavior, and the techniques that help people connect more effectively and uncover the truth.

To book Brad for speaking engagements, lectures, conferences, podcasts, or special events, please contact us through the website.

The Danger of Thinking You're Right: Why Curiosity Beats Certainty with Brad Beeler
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July 1, 2026

The Danger of Thinking You're Right: Why Curiosity Beats Certainty with Brad Beeler

How do experienced investigators end up on the wrong path—even when they're trying to do the right thing? In this episode of Truth Be Told, Dave Thompson, CFI sits down once again with retired U.S. Secret Service agent and author Brad Beeler for a conversation that challenges some of the biggest assumptions in investigations. We explore how gut instinct can become confirmation bias, why false confessions happen more often than many people realize, and how investigators can avoid unintentionally ...
Guest: Brad Beeler